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"This Life-Like crane is a replacement for the one I had as a kid on my layout," this
post by Walt inspires me to start this thread. As we grew up and out, many of us
lost our early trains as we moved, removed, started careers and families. Many of
us have gone back and reclaimed some of those memories. What pieces have you
replaced from days gone by?
When I was about 11, Mom took me out to the Caldor's in Easthampton, which
seemed like a jillion miles away, because they were having a sale on model trains.
What I got for my $4 was an AHM Domino Box Car. Cleaning out the attack when
I was 19, I gave it and everything else I had collected over the years to a hobby
shop in New Hampshire. I have not been able to locate the AHM version since,
but have picked up a few Model Power versions which come quite close. I did
see one AHM Domino at a train show about a 15 years ago, but at $40!
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Posted - July 24 2016 : 6:41:49 PM
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attic*
Am still trying to locate a unassembled 7up building I had 
but still have most of what I had as a kid
minus the Lionel The Rock Island Line train set I had
do have at least 2 of the UP flatcars it came with
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Posted - July 24 2016 : 10:39:17 PM
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Great idea for a thread chops!
I have said many times that my layout is ALL ABOUT re-creating my childhood layout, only much larger! Other than that I have bought all the things I wished I could have bought but could not on my grass cutting/snow shoveling income as a youngster.
I have RE-purchased with in a piece or two , every train car I had in the 70s. Some Tyco, a few AHM and a few Life-Like. I have all of the building kits I had back then, plus many more.
I am not one who wants EVERY piece of HO there is. I have bought some things, then realized, that this particular piece does not fit what my layout is all about. I place those items back on ebay.
I plan to add a at least 6 inches to one 20 foot side of my table to make room to display all the train cars that I have. I don't want to have to keep any of my pieces of rolling stock in a box. I want to enjoy seeing every piece when I go to the basement or take another person down to show them.
It will never be the coolest layout, but, it is exactly what I had planned on since 1999 when I put the idea on paper... 
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Posted - July 25 2016 : 8:33:29 PM
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Great memories! Someday I'll get a big enough shelf
area to display my Tyco, I agree, it doesn't set well
to have it all boxed up.
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Posted - July 26 2016 : 10:02:55 AM
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Can not post pics of this for it is BURIED in storage But I did up grade and replace a Fleischmann Santa Fe Set The one with The Superliners and the Metal Alcos
MORE TO COME
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Posted - July 26 2016 : 12:53:45 PM
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quote:"This Life-Like crane is a replacement for the one I had as a kid on my layout," this
post by Walt inspires me to start this thread. As we grew up and out, many of us
lost our early trains as we moved, removed, started careers and families. Many of
us have gone back and reclaimed some of those memories. What pieces have you
replaced from days gone by?
When I was about 11, Mom took me out to the Caldor's in Easthampton, which
seemed like a jillion miles away, because they were having a sale on model trains.
What I got for my $4 was an AHM Domino Box Car. Cleaning out the attack when
I was 19, I gave it and everything else I had collected over the years to a hobby
shop in New Hampshire. I have not been able to locate the AHM version since,
but have picked up a few Model Power versions which come quite close. I did
see one AHM Domino at a train show about a 15 years ago, but at $40!
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â July 24 2016Â :Â 1:58:07 PM
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Rock Island Shark. I had one as a kid and absolutely loved it. It ran really well for what it was. I since have bought a replacement.
I do want to buy a replacement GIJoe train set. That was my first HO scale train.
If you are not having fun, you are not doing it right.
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Posted - July 26 2016 : 8:20:35 PM
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Our first Christmas train was a Tyco Trolley that I eventually destroyed using it in the dirt with my Matchbox cars. Our second train was an AHM/Pocher Genoa with the turned brass fittings that I modified as a teen modeler using Life-Like Docksider drivers to make them smaller and painted the boiler Russian blue...not a bad effort as a kid.
I picked these up over the years to fill their place...
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Posted - July 26 2016 : 9:08:55 PM
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Still have my two ORIGINAL train sets, both life like
Missing the track tho
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Posted - July 27 2016 : 09:35:02 AM
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quote:Still have my two ORIGINAL train sets, both life like
Missing the track tho
Originally posted by bnsfIAÂ -Â July 26 2016Â :Â 9:08:55 PM
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Oh I got track up the wazoo! 
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Posted - July 27 2016 : 3:26:14 PM
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| AS DO I
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Posted - July 27 2016 : 8:28:56 PM
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Bought this VIA set and Layout expander system. This is what my first Tyco set consisted of. My parents bought me the expander set not long after. The locomotive runs like new and only some of the track in the expander set was used. The books and bits are all there including the insulated rail joiners that are still on the sprue.
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Posted - July 30 2016 : 7:41:14 PM
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Most of my plasticville collection is a throwback to my long ago youth. I just try to improve it. I also have a couple of Kibre factory buildings I had and also a platform by a company called Hoffman. Anyone remember them? Funny thing is I never could find a place for it then and I still can't now. I would like a Varney 0-4-0 to display next to the station. It was my first HO locomotive.
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Posted - July 31 2016 : 11:59:25 AM
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| I rather enjoyed these memories. Pics? A Fleischmann Santa Fe Set? Start digging, that I have GOT to see.
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Posted - July 31 2016 : 8:23:00 PM
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Kind of sadly, I can NOT really contribute to this thread much....since I have almost ALL of my childhood HO and O-27 trains still. There is really nothing to replace. Well, I DID burn out an old AHM B&O Centercab engine, I have yet to find it in my train collection, so that one may have been tossed...but I have another just like it except it's a GE. So I guess it has been replaced in a way. Just not exactly. Maybe one day I'll run across another B&O shell or engine like it.
Jerry
" When life throws you bananas...it's easy to slip up"
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